Brussels, 31/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - The Greek Presidency, which has women's participation in the digital economy a priority, announced a public-private partnership on 28 March to encourage women to embrace a career in the new technology sector. On the basis of a joint cooperation protocol, 21 participating public and private sector bodies will implement initiatives on digital education, training, employment and entrepreneurship for women and young people, as well as actions to combat social exclusion, in the field of new technologies and digital economy. The partnership will be presented at a conference on 4 April, entitled “Women & Girls Go Digital - WGGDG, National Action plan for increasing the female talent in digital jobs”. Europe is currently facing a major challenge: although the digital revolution is generating increasing numbers of new jobs in the digital technology sector, it is proving difficult to fill these posts due to the lack of qualified staff, despite unemployment being so high. Women are also underrepresented in this sector and, when they do work in it, it it is often in lower grade posts without any responsibility. In an effort to rectify this twofold problem, the European Commission launched the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs in March 2013, in an effort to attract young people into ICT training. It also launched “Action 60” to attract more women to develop a career in the digital sector. (IL)